tell the meaning of
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No great spokesman arose in the U. S. to tell the meaning of this contest.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Newspapers must tell the meaning of the news .
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It was not an old face, but it was deeply lined, and those who knew and loved him best could tell the meaning of each of those eloquent tracings.
From About Peggy Saville by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
I cannot tell the meaning of these figures, but between them are suspended censers attached to crosses; a most beautiful symbolic expression of Christ’s mediatorial function.
From The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) by Ruskin, John
No tongue can tell the meaning of such a ministry, no pen can trace its influence in melting the hardness of the world into pity and gladness.
From The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry by Newton, Joseph Fort